"Barack Obama's On-Point Message Man," David Axelrod, to be on today's HARDBALL

[flpoljunkie]

Barack Obama's On-Point Message Man
By David Montgomery

Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 15, 2007; Page C01

On Saturday in the Lincolnesque setting of Springfield, Ill., when Barack Obama delivered his full-throated appeal to the ideals of a new generation, a lot of sharp players of the political game thought they detected something Axelrodesque.

All those "Let us" sentences in the middle, as in, "Let us be the generation . . . " -- "That's Axelrod," thought political strategist Donna Brazile.



Consultant David Axelrod with his latest candidate: "I believe there is nobility in politics. I believe there is great good that can be done." (By Nancy Stone -- Chicago Tribune)

The clever rhetorical judo of Obama's oft-quoted line, "I know that I haven't spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington. But I've been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change!" -- "That seemed very classic Axelrod," said David Wilhelm, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Nineteen months to the presidential election, and already the campaign has an A-Rod!

He is David Axelrod, a former newspaper reporter who has worked on past campaigns for no fewer than five of the Democrats racing to the White House, a form of political ubiquity that only enhances his reputation. This time, he's with Obama.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/14/AR2007021401812.html

The above from a lengthy profile on David Axelrod recently published in the Washington Post

[dennisnyc]

1. i'm interested to see him. Thanks for the headsup.

There's also an article at the Nation.com about Axelrod:

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070219/hayes

[flpoljunkie]

2. Axelrod coming up on Tweety's show.

[flpoljunkie]

3. Axelrod: "It's hard to stop an idea whose time has come"

Tweety invited Obama to one of his candidate college forums. Axelrod said he would pass the invitation along right away, remarking that Obama has been well received by young people on college campuses.

When questioned about Hillary's lead in the polls, Axelrod said it was an "eternity away from any contest" and reminded Matthews that Lieberman was leading the national polls in the beginning of the 2004 primary run up.

Axelrod was pretty low key-- although he came across as very committed to Obama and his candidacy.